Albuquerque police have released the name of a teenager who was killed in a car crash overnight on Albuquerque's west side.Officials said Michael K. Dantimo Jr., 16, was killed near the intersection of Golf Course and McMahon Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.Police said the teenage boy was driving north on Golf Course, near the Westside Hospital, when he lost control of his Jeep, and it flipped. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at the scene, but the boy was pronounced dead at the Westside Hospital upon arrival. Officers said alcohol was not a factor, but high speeds might have been. Police said the teen was wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

Albuquerque police have released the name of a teenager who was killed in a car crash overnight on Albuquerque's west side.

Officials said Michael K. Dantimo Jr., 16, was killed near the intersection of Golf Course and McMahon Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Police said the teenage boy was driving north on Golf Course, near the Westside Hospital, when he lost control of his Jeep, and it flipped.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at the scene, but the boy was pronounced dead at the Westside Hospital upon arrival.

Officers said alcohol was not a factor, but high speeds might have been.

Police said the teen was wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck.